Dhaka: celebrating 400 years
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Last shot of my first days in Dhaka. Lots more from Bangladesh but it's time for something completely different for a couple of weeks.
German built locomotive 2714 arrives at Dhaka Kamlapur with an Inter City passenger train. Note the guy 'surfing' the locomotive. This is a Henschel degigned locomotive however the last batch of locos are credited as ADtranz so had a different engine to the Henschel ones.
Photo By Steve Bromley.
The redeeming feature of this photo is that it shows my first confrontation with Dhaka traffic by foot and the challenge of simply crossing a street, having only arrived that morning. And it was one of the very first shots of more than 8,000 to follow.
Andromedans have chosen Dhaka. They do not seem to like busy traffics, or so much disorderly hustle and bustle of a typical workday. Or, maybe it is the number of the masked persons that has startled them. But they did not know of COVID.
MEM-14 2301, built by MLW in 1969 pauses on its final approach to Dhaka Kamlapur railway station.
These popular locos, known better by their Indian designation, YDM4, are still used by Bangaldesh Railways on long distance 'commuter' services on the still extensive meter gauge network.
This service is thought to be the Vawal Express from Dewanganj to Dhakar.
And yes- it is possible to ride a train and take a lineside shot- the pause was just long enough to disembark onto the ballast to catch this composition before jumping back on when the wheels started turning again!
My Bangladesh trip report from January 2026 can now be found online at my blog here.